Lawmakers shiver over supercommittee
Source: The Hill
Democrats and Republicans who served on the 2011 supercommittee shuddered Tuesday as lawmakers debated bringing the concept back to life.
“I pray to God every day that I will never be put on another supercommittee,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) told reporters.
“Not again. Not again. Oh my gosh,” Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) said. “Having served as a member of the so-called supercommittee, there was nothing super about it. And it was just punting. It’s another way to get out of doing what you should.”
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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), both supercommittee veterans, added that Republicans were trying to take revenue increases — one of the key differences between the parties — off the table.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/327381-supercommittee-ii-members-pray-to-god-they-wont-serve
This would be hilarious if it was not so sad. Even Republicans and their staffers are ridiculing the idea of another super committee. Some of the comments slamming the idea are pretty funny: "“We’re discussing the idea of a bipartisan supercommittee staff reunion, where we reminisce and settle scores live on C-SPAN,” one former staffer told The Hill." Finally, the fact that Republicans are trying to set up a committee that can only discuss issues on their terms is also rarely mentioned in the media.
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(and would have plenty of morons on it!)...
